Template

Coastal Risk Management Plan

Depar tment of Pr imar y Industr ies and Water

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This document was developed as part of the Climate Change and Coastal Risk Assessment and Management Project, Department of Primary Industries and Water, and supported by the Tasmanian Risk Mitigation Programme coordinated by the Tasmanian State Emergency Service.

ISBN 10: 9780724664726 ISBN 13: 9780724664719

Recommended citation: Department of Primary Industries and Water 2009 Coastal Risk Management Plan: Template, Department of Primary Industries and Water, Tasmania.

Front cover photos: Dune (DPIW Library), Chair (Brett Littleton), Aerial (DPIW LIbrary)

TABLE OF CONTENTS STEP 1 1. LOCATION FOCUSED ESTABLISH THE CONTEXT 1.1.BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT 1.1.1 Levels of Risk Assessment previously undertaken 1.2 .THE ASSET 1.2.1. Asset Description 1.2.2. Notional Life Span and Agreed Time Horizon 1.2.3 Asset Services and Values 1.2.4 Existing Controls 1.3 CONTEXT 1.3.1. Hazards 1.3.2. Stakeholders 1.3.3 Other Key elements 1.3.4 Success Criteria WHAT IS THE RISK? IDENTIFY . 2.1 History 2.2 Future Vulnerability WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF NOT TREATING THE RISK? ANALYSE 3.1. Consequence 3.2. Likelihood 3.3. Risk priority levels SHOULD THE RISK BE TREATED? EVALUATE 4.1 Summary of Evaluation Risk Prioritisation ASSET FOCUSED WHICH TREATMENTS TO USE? .RISK TREATMENT 5.1 Risk Evaluation Table for Individual Assets identified as being At Risk 5.2 Risk Treatment Options COMBINED EVALUATIONS 5.3 Assessment and Selection of Treatment Options (bring together individual asset assessments back into Template tables) 5.4. Treatment actions MONITORING AND REVIEW REVIEW

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3.

4.

STEP 2 5.

STEP 3

6.

Step 1

Location Focused

1.

ESTABLISH THE CONTEXT

1.1 Background Assessment 1.1.1 Levels of Risk Assessment Previously Undertaken

Levels of Risk Assessment Location has been highlighted as at risk by simply looking at topographic maps Area has been highlighted by previous report Risk determined by site visit Calculations of projected Still water sea levels Assessment of extreme tide events Detailed storm surge and wind wave calculations Comment

1.2 The Asset

1.2.1 Asset Description
Description
Name of asset: Asset life* Location Topography Geomorphology

1.2.2 Notional Life Span and Agreed Time Horizon

The notional life span of the asset is <number of years> years. The Agreed Time Horizon for assessment is to the year <insert year>.

1.2.3 Asset Services and Values

Table 1.2.3. Values of the Asset

Value
Economic Social/Cultural/ Historical Political Environmental

Specific Issues

Who benefits?

Importance

1.2.4 Existing Controls

Table 1.2.4: Hazard and Controls

Hazard
Coastal flooding Coastal erosion

Existing key control measures

1.3 CONTEXT
1.3.1 Hazards
The Hazards targeted by this Risk Management Plan are coastal flooding and erosion, and the way they are exacerbated by climate change and sea-level rise.

1.3.2 Stakeholders
Table 1.3.2: Relevant Stakeholders, their roles, motivations, and levels of engagement.
Stakeholder Role Motivation or Concern Engagement

1.3.3 Other Key Elements

Table 1.3.3(a): Relevant Legislation
Statute Level Relevance

Table 1.3.3(b): Relevant Policies

Policy Level Relevance

1.3.4 Success Criteria

The successful management of this asset will require the following key objectives to be met: Refer to Section 2.4 of the Guidelines

2.

What is the Risk?

IDENTIFY

2.1
Date

History
Event Description Source

Table 2.1 Summary of relevant historical events

2.2

Future Vulnerability

3.

What is the impact of not treating the risk?

ANALYSE

3.1
Success Criteria

Consequence
Consequences (summary) Consequence rating

Table 3.1 Consequences of not achieving Success Criteria

3.2
Success Criteria

Likelihood
Current Risk Priority Level Future Risk Priority Level

Table 3.2 Likelihood of not achieving Success Criteria

3.3
Success Criteria

Risk priority levels

Current Risk Priority Level Future Risk Priority Level

Table 3.3. Risk Prioritisation.

4.

Should the risk be treated?

EVALUATE

4.1
Success Criteria

Summary of Evaluation Risk Prioritisation

Risk level severity Importance Urgency Timeframe treatment for

Table 4.1 Summary of the Evaluation of Risk Prioritisation

Step 2 Asset Focused

5.
5.1

WHICH RISK TREATMENTS TO USE?

Risk Evaluation for Individual Assets identified as being at risk

RISK TREATMENT

Having completed the Template to this point, an understanding of what assets are most at risk is now possible. At this point those assets most at risk need to be assessed individually in terms of their level of risk. To assess each of the assets individually the following Table should be completed for each asset. The most appropriate mitigation option for reducing the risk to the each of the identified asset should then be taken and used to populate the remaining Tables in the Risk Treatment section of the Template.
Table 5.1 Risk Evaluation Table for Individual Assets identified as being At Risk
Identified Asset Location Asset Description Key Stakeholders Estimate of Asset Value Community Benefit Risk Analysis Event Consequence Likelihood Consequences

Public Safety Local Growth/Economic Community and Lifestyle Environment Public Administration

Overall Rating Risk Rating Risk Strategies

Consequence Calculate from likelihood and consequence assessment Management

Lower Likelihood by:

a) b) c)

Lower Consequence by Recommended Treatment Options

The Guidelines, in section 6.2 suggest additional criteria that could be used for Assessing Treatment Options for various assets. The relevance of them will depend on the asset in question

5.2 Treatment Options

Table 5.2. Risk Treatment Options
No. Title Description

1. 2. 3. 4

Step 3 Combined Evaluations

5.3 Assessment and Selection of Treatment Options

Table 5.3(a): Assessment of potential Treatment options (Note: add additional columns if required)
Criteria Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4

Table 5.3(b). Selected Options and reasons.

No. Selected Option Title Reason for selection

5.4 Treatment Actions

Table 5.4: Treatment Actions to be implemented
Action Responsibility Timeframe Resources Review

6.

Monitoring and Review

CONTACT DETAILS Chris Rees Manager Coastal and Marine Branch, Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts Phone (03) 6233 3963 Email Chris.Rees@environment.tas.gov.au